80 Col. C. Swiiihoe on new 



the coptft of fore wings lias a slight tinge of ochreous ; other- 

 wise tho examples are absolutely without markings. 



Exj)anse of wings, ,$ -^(^^ ? 1 inch. 



Sherlock Kiver, W. Australia {Clement). 



Types ( (J ?) iuB. M. 



Family Lithosiidae. 



Nishada melanistis, nov. 



cJ. Antenna;, head, and collar ochreous; a chocolate- 

 coloured spot on the head and two on tho collar ; abilomeu 

 chocolate-brown, long hairs on each side and anal tuft 

 ochreous: fore wings dark chocolate-brown, costal border 

 broadly ochreous, as also are the cilia, except towards the iiinder 

 angle, where the inner portions are chocolate; hind wings 

 bright ochreouSj with the outer margin sutfused with brown ; 

 in some examples there is almost a complete band, in others 

 there is only a slight edging ; cilia ochreous, tinted with 

 brown towards aiial angle. Underside, palpi, body, and legs 

 ochreous ; wings much as above, except that the inner lower 

 area of fore wings is pale and there is no border to hind 

 wings. 



Expanse of wings 1^^^ inch. 



Kina Balu {Everttt). 



Family LymantriidaB. 



Aroa Jlaveofusca, nov. 



(J . Antennae with the shaft ochreous, branches black ; 

 head dark ochreous, body brown : fore wings brown, with a 

 large portion of the interior of the wing ochreous; in one 

 example the fore wing is nearly all brown ; there is also a 

 large black spot at the end of the cell ; cilia ochreous, marked 

 with brown : hind wings brown, the abdominal margin and 

 more than one tiiird of the lower portion of the wing bright 

 ochreous; cilia ochreous, the upper jiart marked with brown. 

 Underside uniform ochreous ; a black spot at end of each cell : 

 tore wings with a brown subapical waved band ; a siiort 

 longitudinal band or shade from the base on the hinder 

 margin : hind wings with a brown apical patch. 



Expanse of wings \jj inch. 



La was, Borneo [Everett). 



There is an example of this species unnamed in the B. M. 

 from Sandakan. 



